The ancient roots of the Ching family are in the Anglo-Saxon culture. The name Ching comes from when the family lived near a crevice, chasm, or canyon. Further research revealed that the name is derived from the Old English word chine, that comes from the Old English word "cinu," meaning fissure, or chasm. The surname meant "dweller by the ravine."

Ching Early Origins

The surname Ching was first found in Somerset, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Ching Spelling Variations

Ching Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Ching family name include Ching, Chinn, Chine, Chynne, Shin, Shinn, Attechine and many more.

Ching Early History

Ching Early History

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Ching Early Notables (pre 1700)

Ching Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

The Great Migration

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Ching surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Skordas, Guest. Ed. The Early Settlers of Maryland an Index to Names or Immigrants Complied from Records of Land Patents 1633-1680 in the Hall of Records Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1968. Print.

The Ching Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Ching Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.